This Act was introduced (under the title Crown Minerals (Permitting and Crown Land) Bill) into the New Zealand Parliament by Phil Heatley on 20 September 2012. The Bill amended the Crown Minerals Act 1991, the Conservation Act 1987, the Continental Shelf Act 1964, the Reserves Act 1977, and the Wildlife Act 1953 and "aimed to promote prospecting for, exploration for, and mining of Crown owned minerals for the benefit of New Zealand". The Bill became an Act (Crown Minerals Amendment Act 2013) of the New Zealand Parliament on 19 May 2013.